Tiger sharks are common in the waters surrounding Tenare Island. Usually tiger sharks feed on smaller sharks, but sometimes they have attacked tourists swimming and surfing at Tenare's beaches. This has hurt Tenare's tourism industry, which is second only to its fishing industry in annual revenues. In order to help the economy, therefore, the mayor of the island has proposed an ongoing program to kill any tiger sharks within a mile of the beaches.
Which of the following, if true, most strongly calls into question the likelihood that implementation of the mayor's proposal will have the desired consequence?
The Achaemenid empire of Persia reached the Indus Valley in the fifth century B.C., bringing the Aramaic script with it, from which was derived both northern and southern Indian alphabets.
(A) the Aramaic script with it, from which was derived both northern and (B) the Aramaic script with it, and from which deriving both the northern and the (C) with it the Aramaic script, from which derive both the northern and the (D) with it the Aramaic script, from which derives both northern and (E) with it the Aramaic script, and deriving from it both the northern and
Answer: (C)
<解法> Step1: 先排除結構性錯誤 (A) 從邏輯句意來看,which應該是用來修飾script,而不是it(先刪掉);從邏輯句意來看,應該是alphabets從Aramaic script所衍生才合理,所以from which是倒裝結構,主詞是後面的northern and southern Indian alphabets,要使用複數動詞were(先刪掉)。 (B) and from前後結構不平行對稱(先刪掉);從邏輯句意來看,which應該是用來修飾script,而不是it(先刪掉);which關代子句沒有動詞(先刪掉)。 (E) 從邏輯句意來看,derive應該是用來修飾script,而不是用來修飾主詞empire(先刪掉);第二個it有指代不清問題(先刪掉)。
※「from which」倒裝句:介係詞+which後面如果沒有主詞時,要合理懷疑是否為倒裝句。 Aramic script, which derives north and south languages. ---(O) Aramaic script, from which derive both the northern and southern languages.---(O) 重點是,這裡有個「from」,而造成主詞上的差異,別忘了關代可以當主格或是受格。而前者是當主格使用,後者是當受格使用。所以後者的動詞derive是絕不可能用來修飾受格which,只有可能是修飾後面的主詞。
<補充> (1) 在難句閱讀中,注意倒裝句的型式,bring A with B =bring with B A,帶著A…隨著B。 (2) 介係詞+which後面會馬上接主詞,如果沒有主詞時,要合理懷疑是否為倒裝句。 (3) 倒裝結構中,由動詞後面的名詞組成,來分析動詞的單複數形式。
Tiger sharks are common in the waters surrounding Tenare Island. Usually tiger sharks feed on smaller sharks, but sometimes they have attacked tourists swimming and surfing at Tenare's beaches. This has hurt Tenare's tourism industry, which is second only to its fishing industry in annual revenues. In order to help the economy, therefore, the mayor of the island has proposed an ongoing program to kill any tiger sharks within a mile of the beaches.
Which of the following, if true, most strongly calls into question the likelihood that implementation of the mayor's proposal will have the desired consequence?
(A) Even if not all the tiger sharks that come close to the beaches are killed, the existence of the program would reassure tourists. (B) Business owners who depend on tourism are willing to pay most of the cost of implementing the program. (C) Tourists come to Tenare Island for its beaches, even though the island features a number of other tourist attractions. (D) The small sharks on which tiger sharks prey feed on fish that are commercially important to the island's fisheries. (E) Not all tourists who come to Tenare Island enjoy swimming or surfing.
Answer: (D)
<解法> Step1: 先判定原句题型:可知是Weaken题。
Step2: 迅速抓住题意,并找出结论句 题意:虎鲨常常出现在T岛周遭的水域。通常虎鲨以体型较小的鲨鱼为食,但有时他们也会攻击在 T岛游泳和冲浪的观光客。这一事件伤害了T岛在年收益上仅次于渔业的旅游业。为了拯救经济,市长提出持续扑杀出现在海滩一英哩内的虎鲨的计划。 结论:In order to help the economy, therefore, the mayor of the island has proposed an ongoing program to kill any tiger sharks within a mile of the beaches.